India and International Sports MCQ
Q166. Which was the first official mascot in the history of the Olympic Summer Games
(a) Waldi
(b) Vinicius
(c) Amik
(d) Misha
Answer: (a) Waldi
Q167. Who is the first cricketer to received Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award
(a) Sunil Gavaskar
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) Virat Kohli
(d) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Answer: (b) Sachin Tendulkar
Q168. Who started Paralympic games
(a) Robert Carterville
(b) Stoke Mandeville
(c) Ludwing Guttman
(d) George Eyser
Answer: (c) Ludwing Guttman
Q169. FIFA confers the Puskas Award for which among the following every year
(a) Footballer of the year
(b) Coach of the year
(c) Goal of the year
(d) None of these
Answer: (c) Goal of the year
Q170. Which cricket ground in Australia is known as "Gabba"
(a) Sydney
(b) Perth
(c) Brisbane
(d) Melbourne
Answer: (c) Brisbane
Q171. First Indian player to debut in the Boxing Day Test match for India
(a) Pravin Amre
(b) Ajay Jadeja
(c) Vinod Kambli
(d) Hrishikesh Kanitkar
Answer: (d) Hrishikesh Kanitkar
Q172. Who was the Indian captain in the 1st World Cup Cricket in 1975
(a) Kapil Dev
(b) Sunil Gavaskar
(c) Bishan Singh Bedi
(d) Srinivas Venkataraghavan
Answer: (d) Srinivas Venkataraghavan
Q173. Who is the first women to win the Dronacharya Award
(a) Renu Kohli
(b) Purnima Mahato
(c) Dola Banerjee
(d) Pranitha Vardhineni
Answer: (a) Renu Kohli
Q174. Who has become the first ever Indian woman table tennis player to win gold at the Commonwealth games
(a) Manika Batra
(b) Mouma Das
(c) Seresthi Das
(d) Madhurika Patkar
Answer: (a) Manika Batra
Q175. Who is the youngest Indian to win a gold medal for shooting at the Asian Games
(a) Manu Bhaker
(b) Anish Bhanwala
(c) Shardul Vihan
(d) Saurabh Chaudhary
Answer: (d) Saurabh Chaudhary
Q176. Who is the first Indian woman athlete to received Padma Vibhushan award
(a) P.V. Sindhu
(b) Sakshi Malik
(c) Dipa Karmakar
(d) Mary Kom
Answer: (d) Mary Kom
Q177. Who was India's first Paralympic gold medalist
(a) Bhimrao Kesarkar
(b) Devendra Jhajharia
(c) Murlikant Petkar
(d) Joginder Singh Bedi
Answer: (c) Murlikant Petkar
Q178. Who was the first cricketer to win an Arjuna Award
(a) Ajit Wadekar
(b) Salim Durani
(c) Vijay Manjrekar
(d) Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Answer: (b) Salim Durani
Q179. Who is the first Indian to be honoured with the Arjuna Award for boxing
(a) Hawa Singh
(b) Dennis Swamy
(c) Issac Amaldas
(d) Buddy D’Souza
Answer: (d) Buddy D’Souza
Q180. Who was the first woman cricketer to win an Arjuna Award
(a) Diana Edulji
(b) Mithali Raj
(c) Sandhya Agarwal
(d) Shantha Rangaswamy
Answer: (d) Shantha Rangaswamy
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